The A.J. Muste Memorial
Institute acts as fiscal sponsor for a number of organizations dedicated to nonviolent
activism for social justice, by directing tax-deductible contributions and foundation
grants to the educational work of these groups. Our 2005 sponsored projects are
listed below.

East
Timor and Indonesia Action Networkhttp://www.etan.org/Washington, DC: $109,736.11 For educational work in the US about US
military involvement, human rights and economic justice in East Timor; and efforts
to help grassroots groups in Aceh recover from the tsunami.

Nonviolent
Action Community of Cascadia http://seanacc.org/Seattle, WA: $2,740.75 For educational work on nonviolence, peace,
and economic justice.

Plowshares New YorkNew York, NY: $9,136.10For educational work on nonviolence, militarism
and the dangers of nuclear and conventional weapons.

School
of the Americas Watchhttp://www.soaw.orgWashington, DC: $15,335.73 For efforts to build opposition to the School
of the Americas (SOA, now called WHINSEC) at Fort Benning, Georgia, and to promote
a just US foreign policy toward Latin America.

Syracuse
Peace Councilhttp://www.peacecouncil.net/
Syracuse, NY: $11,013.86 To build public pressure against militarism and
violence and in favor of social and economic justice.

United
for Peace and Justicehttp://www.unitedforpeace.org/New York, NY: $452,325.68 For national organizing and educational work
to end war and build social and economic justice.

War Resisters Leaguehttp://warresisters.orgNew York,
NY: $57,273.75 For educational activities and publications addressing the
root causes of war and promoting nonviolent activism for social justice.

War
Resisters League/New England Norwich, CT: $3,570.10 For educational
activities and organizing around issues of nonviolence and social justice.

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Total 2005 sponsored distributions: $771,686.85

The Muste Institute also operates the Freeman
Internship Program, providing a stipend to interns working in the War Resisters
League national office. http://warresisters.org/intern.htm
. This program was established through a bequest from Ruth and Harrop Freeman.
Distributions to interns in the program during 2005 totalled $5,700.